Lefty requires comfort even after own injury, Happ's near tragedy

12:41 AM,
May 9, 2013

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Tigers left-hander Darin Downs said he was praying for Toronto pitcher J.A. Happ, who was hit by a line drive on the head Tuesday night.

Happ was released from a Florida hospital Wednesday. He was struck on the left side of the head by a ball hit by Desmond Jennings of the Tampa Bay Rays. Happ sustained a head contusion and a cut to his left ear, according to the Blue Jays.

Downs suffered a fractured skull after being hit by a line drive off the bat of Christian Marrero playing in Double-A in 2009. ...